Glastonbury? No, Germany: Obama gets rock star welcome

Published on the Guardian front page

I'm sorry that I got my way

Let's hope the JCC does not lose momentum now its building plans have been shelved

Published in The Jewish Chronicle

Forget the myth-making. Obama is just what the Middle East needs

Neither Israel-pandering hawk nor Arab-loving appeaser, the Democrat would bring active, engaged diplomacy

Published in the Guardian

Short-term he gets, and long-term, too. But Brown's lost on the bit in between

Neither fixation on the headlines tomorrow nor wisdom on the decades ahead will win an election two years from now

Published in the Guardian

Why back a man who claims society is broken but admits he can't fix it?

David Cameron now says that there is no top-down remedy to Britain's social problems. Voters will expect more from him

Published in the Guardian

Obama's shuffle to the right suggests this man is ruthless enough to win

His U-turns may trouble Democrats, but they are the mark of a man who is determined not to be another principled loser

Published in the Guardian